By this time, consumers are used to
seeing EnergyStar labels on big appliances such as refrigerators. Now it’s time
to start expecting similar efficiency labels for toilets.
In an effort to address urgent safety and health problems facing
American workers, OSHA is implementing a new Severe
Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) and increasing penalties for unsafe
workplaces.
With A. O. Smith temporarily shifting
residential water heater production to its other plants in North America, the
company has begun clean-up work at its Ashland City, Tenn., plant.
Interline Brands, parent company of Barnett and
other MRO distribution companies, has announced plans to cut its nationwide
network of 70 distribution centers down to 59.
Uponor recently welcomed approximately 60 consulting and specifying engineers from across North America to its first-ever Radiant Cooling Engineering Summit.
It seems as though scientists have discovered
the earliest known example of plumbing with pressurized water in the New World,
located in the ancient Mayan city of Palenque.
As part of the HGTV
Green Home 2010, which features products from Rinnai, the company is giving
away one condensing tankless unit per week through June 4.
The devastating floods that deluged the greater Nashville, Tenn., area with as much as 18 inches of rain in some places during the weekend of May 1-2 have had varying effects on the local plumbing industry.
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